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.C. C. ROBERTS.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18,1921.

1,436,909, Patented Nov. 28,1922,

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Patented Nov, 23, 1 922.

UNITEHEKEW i CHARLES ROBERTS, OFSTAMFQBD, CONNECTICUT.

GAME.

Application filed July 18, 1921. Serial No. 485,641.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLns C. ROBERTS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Stamford,in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Games; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in chance device and the primary object thereof is to provide a device of this type which is interesting and amusing and which more especially involves the rolling of dice in a confining housing that is formed to be rotated or to be rolled on a table or the like and which has indicia to denote the loss or gain in points by the player.

The invention further aims to provide a. device of this type which is simple and economical and wherein the dice cannot be touched by the hands of the player and to further provide means for obstructing the movement of the dice to thereby vary the throw thereof. 1

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a side elevation:

Figure 2, is a section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3, is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention, and

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4L of Figure In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a housing or receptacle is employed which consists of a circular rim 1, with opposing transparent, such as glass, sides 2, the inner circumference of the rim being formed with transverse spaced grooves 3, the latter having indicia plus denoting gain, minus indicating loss and Take all. For the purpose of obstructing the movements of the dice and thereby causing the same to turn, one or more balls 4: may be employed, the latter being loose in the housing, and being receivable in one of the grooves 3.

In the modified form of the invention, the inner face of the ring or rim has segment 5 fixed thereto, preferably of metal so that the device will always come to a state of rest when rolled with the flat surface of the metal segment uppermost, thus constituting a table on which ported. Thistable preferably. has a series of spaced transverse grooves 6 across its face so that when the ball is used same will engage in one of the grooves and 0bstruct the movement of the dice. These grooves have plus and minus signs as shown arranged on the side faces of the segmental block or member 5. In addition further obstructing means for the dice is employed here shown for example, as embodying a pair of spaced pins 7 extending inwardly of the rim and arranged opposite to the segmental block.

If desired, the external or peripheral conformation of the rim, may be hexagonal square, or any other shape desired so that instead of rolling the housing on a table, same may be grasped between the fingers alnd turned or shaken so as to agitate the ewe.

In playing, chips or the like are employed, each player contributinga certain number to the pot, whereupon the players successively roll the housing on the table so as to give same at least one complete revolution, the dice being agitated by the edges or corners thereof engaging in the grooves, against the ball, and also against the stationary projections afforded by the pins 7. When the housing reaches a state of rest, the ball drops into one of the grooves and the player takes from the pot the sum total of the values appearing on the upper face of the two dice if the ball is in a groove marked plus, or puts intothe pot such total if the ball is in a groove markedminus. If the ball is in the Take all groove, the player takes the entire pot, whereupon the latter is again formed by the several players contributing as at the inception of the game. Various other ways may be used to score the game and various kinds of indicia, such as numbers or letters can be used to mark the grooves so as to indicate the scormg. I

What is claimed is:

1. In a chance device, a receptacle having a rim formed with spaced transverse grooves, transparent sides for the rim, indicia for the grooves, and dice and a ball in the receptacle, the ball being receivable in the grooves.

2. In a chancedevice, a receptacle havthe dice are suping a rim and transparent sides and having spaced grooves on its interior extending transversely thereof, indicia for the grooves and dice and a ball in the receptacie, the ball being receivable in the grooves.

8. In. a chance device, a receptacle having a rim and transparent sides and having ball receiving parts on its interior, indicia for said ball receiving parts, and a ball and dice in the receptacle.

4. In a chance device, a receptacle pro vided with a rim having a flat face and transparent sides, a segmentalmember in the receptacle having a series of transverse grooves extending across the fiat face there- CHARLES C. ROBERTS. 

